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kentucky's uninsured rate dropped by 40%. these numbers explain why kentucky's democratic governor who is perhaps the biggest supporter of obamacare in the entire south called the law a, "a gift from heaven." just a few days ago, kentucky senior senator republican mitch mcconnell was still calling the law disastrous saying, "the pain caused by this terrible law is easy to see." 49% of kentucky voters who recently said they want to repeal the law probably agree with that sentiment. there's also a political disconnect in fully understanding it in kentucky. perry bacon points out this week at yahoo! news "even republicans here say some kentuckians will criticize obamacare but in the next breath emphasize how well the statewide exchange known as connect works as if they're not part of the same law." joining me now is the governor of kentucky, democrat steve beshear. governor beshear, thanks for joining us tonight. i was so eager to talk to you today really because of that clip we showed at the beginning from jimmy kimmel's show.
kentucky's uninsured rate dropped by 40%. these numbers explain why kentucky's democratic governor who is perhaps the biggest supporter of obamacare in the entire south called the law a, "a gift from heaven." just a few days ago, kentucky senior senator republican mitch mcconnell was still calling the law disastrous saying, "the pain caused by this terrible law is easy to see." 49% of kentucky voters who recently said they want to repeal the law probably agree with that...
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fan in kentucky senator mitch mcconnell. the occasion has also reminded some folks of that little mishap his campaign had last month. he had that ad entitled rebuild. it was meant to show off the best of the home state which he likes to call the college basketball capital of the world. but a flash of footage at the end of the ad actually wound up showing a kentucky rival, duke, and their players celebrating instead. whoops. mcconnell's team quickly fixed the ad but not before his opponent seized on the gap labeling the senator out of touch with kentucky. that's the second time teach mitch had a video go viral for the wrong reasons. the first was this montage of mcconnell's be rule. that was set to music and it delighted comedians, it's called mitch mcconnell working for kentuckians and it's just a bunch of different video of mitch mcconnell working for kentuckians and awkwardly smiling for the camera. what gives? the video isn't as quirky and random as you might think on first inspection. senator mcconnell is one of at least
fan in kentucky senator mitch mcconnell. the occasion has also reminded some folks of that little mishap his campaign had last month. he had that ad entitled rebuild. it was meant to show off the best of the home state which he likes to call the college basketball capital of the world. but a flash of footage at the end of the ad actually wound up showing a kentucky rival, duke, and their players celebrating instead. whoops. mcconnell's team quickly fixed the ad but not before his opponent...
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in north carolina, kentucky, arkansas, and louisiana, all four democratic senate candidates are either in the lead or in the case of the democrat trying to unseat senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell, in a statistical dead heat. in arkansas, the political obituary had already been written for senator mark pryor, running for re-election in a state that president obama lost by 24 points in 2011. 24 points! and senator pryor, of course, voted for the affordable care act. but he's beating his prm challenger, congressman tom cotton, by ten points. and you will recall that congressman cotton is a huge opponent of obamacare. but here's the thing about arkansas. more than 150,000 people in that state got access to health care through the private option. the state's version of the medicaid expansion ushered in by obamacare. and even tom cotton, house republican, tea party tom cotton is disassembling about whether he would get rid of the private option in arkansas when he fantasy repeals obamacare. this is dynamic is one we are seeing in the polling again and again. in kentucky, a state barac
in north carolina, kentucky, arkansas, and louisiana, all four democratic senate candidates are either in the lead or in the case of the democrat trying to unseat senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell, in a statistical dead heat. in arkansas, the political obituary had already been written for senator mark pryor, running for re-election in a state that president obama lost by 24 points in 2011. 24 points! and senator pryor, of course, voted for the affordable care act. but he's beating his...
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no one is calling it racial, but when i look at the statistics and that kentucky and west virginia have expanded and basically have no black people, i cannot help but see race in that fight. >> i totally agree and i cite that issue as something you can legitimately read race into. the problem is almost all these issues you can read race into. the republican party is nearly all white. the democratic party is a much more diverse. so all these fights are going to pit these coalitions against each other. the problem is when you can go to almost any issue and see a racial dynamic, and i really think you can, and you can legitimately, then you have to say, well, there's some duty that consider these issues outside of that context as well. >> brittany cooper from rutgers, jonathan chait, i urge you to read them both. i think jonathan will be melissa's guest. more on the late breaking news tonight that health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius has resigned. we will take a look at her legacy, who might be up and what that confirmation vote will look like. our advanced treatment helps
no one is calling it racial, but when i look at the statistics and that kentucky and west virginia have expanded and basically have no black people, i cannot help but see race in that fight. >> i totally agree and i cite that issue as something you can legitimately read race into. the problem is almost all these issues you can read race into. the republican party is nearly all white. the democratic party is a much more diverse. so all these fights are going to pit these coalitions against...
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connecticut's shabazz napier scored 22 points in their championship game victory over the university of kentucky. the march madness tournament is extremely lucrative. $10.8 billion over 14 years. and deals with sponsors. in this picture, ryan boatright cutting down the net. tv deals and all the over revenue sources attached to college sports. that has made a lot of people rich. and all four schools in this year's final four are public universities. look at this map showing the highest paid public employee. it's a basketball or football coach. john calipari is being paid more than $5 million this year. and would have gotten a bonus for winning last night. and the average men's basketball player would have economically speaking a fair market value of over $1 million over four years. and napier would be probably worth more than that. the ncaa says that he shouldn't be paid more than his scholarship. >> this doesn't cover anything. we do have hungry nights with no money for food. when you see things like that, you feel like you want something in return. >> uconn had to respond to the idea that its p
connecticut's shabazz napier scored 22 points in their championship game victory over the university of kentucky. the march madness tournament is extremely lucrative. $10.8 billion over 14 years. and deals with sponsors. in this picture, ryan boatright cutting down the net. tv deals and all the over revenue sources attached to college sports. that has made a lot of people rich. and all four schools in this year's final four are public universities. look at this map showing the highest paid...
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. >> and you will never guess who has endorsed brannon's bid, something familiar with the theories, kentucky senator rand paul. rand paul is also a fan of alex jones and has been a guest on his show over the years. paul apparently takes his cues from jones like obsessions, like the yearly meeting of people that jones believes secretly run the world? >> do you know anything about the build group? >> only from alex jones. >> for the people that don't know what is going on, can you tell them who it is? >> i'm probably not the world's expert, it is people who get together who i think manipulate and use government to their own personal advantage. >> for more and more republicans if you're not out on the fringe, you're not in the party's mainstream. >> joining me now, rory reid, of the nevada commission, 2010 nevada governor and is the son of harry reid. were you surprised by the kmipt comments, were you surprised to call them patriots? >> i have seen that, to have a u.s. senator say that i was disappointed. i am not questioning that these folks are not devoted to their country, they also need to
. >> and you will never guess who has endorsed brannon's bid, something familiar with the theories, kentucky senator rand paul. rand paul is also a fan of alex jones and has been a guest on his show over the years. paul apparently takes his cues from jones like obsessions, like the yearly meeting of people that jones believes secretly run the world? >> do you know anything about the build group? >> only from alex jones. >> for the people that don't know what is going on,...
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>> and it's -- because, you know, in connecticut -- or, i'm sorry, in kentucky and in some of these bellwether states, there's not a real clear branding of the exchange or whatever as being an artifact of the affordable care act. they need to make that clear. i think that they also need to be, you know, very clear about what republicans have, you know, proposed for the last three years. they have proposed repealing obamacare and when asked about replacements, they have not actually wanted to create a health care guarantee for everybody. they want to kind of create a sort of separate insurance ghetto for people with pre-existing conditions, and not fund it. and then for people who are healthy, as long as you, you know, you sign up for insurance within the first two months of the passage of the law, and keep your insurance and keep paying your prepare, and you know, even if you lose your job, then you can have insurance, but only then. >> and that to me is the political key, for democrats, if they're interested in pressing the advantage is to be aggressive and press the advantage on exactly this
>> and it's -- because, you know, in connecticut -- or, i'm sorry, in kentucky and in some of these bellwether states, there's not a real clear branding of the exchange or whatever as being an artifact of the affordable care act. they need to make that clear. i think that they also need to be, you know, very clear about what republicans have, you know, proposed for the last three years. they have proposed repealing obamacare and when asked about replacements, they have not actually wanted...
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you know, our colleague, perry bacon from the grio actually did research in kentucky and found when he talked to people about, you know, obamacare, it was a different conversation than when you talked about the expansion of health care reform, right? so i think that has certainly been part of the demonization of the program, and it shouldn't be. i think the administration tried to embrace it as a way to say, okay, fine, obamacare, we'll call it that and hopefully the problem has been, though, steve, as you know, that that stops people from understanding what's actually in it. right? they hear that and kind of stops them cold in their tracks almost. and so hopefully, yes, at some point, that will end. and frankly, also remember, the republicans are now looking at a point where they're having -- they're going to have to make an argument for taking something away from people. and they're going to have to make an argument for what are you going to replace it with? i do think that starts to shift the conversation as well. >> maybe that's when people find out what obamacare is, when they say
you know, our colleague, perry bacon from the grio actually did research in kentucky and found when he talked to people about, you know, obamacare, it was a different conversation than when you talked about the expansion of health care reform, right? so i think that has certainly been part of the demonization of the program, and it shouldn't be. i think the administration tried to embrace it as a way to say, okay, fine, obamacare, we'll call it that and hopefully the problem has been, though,...